Jewish school made big
mistake: Rabbi (The West
Australian) Feb 12 - A rabbi who was principal of a Melbourne Jewish college when some
students were sexually abused admits mistakes were made in the handling of
abuse cases.

Islam

Oscar nominee 'Timbuktu'
tackles everyday view of radical Islam (The West Australian) Feb 14 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Abderrahmane Sissako, the director of
Mauritania's Oscar-nominated film "Timbuktu," says in a
matter-of-fact tone reminiscent of his sober drama that his task was simply an
exercise in humanizing harsh life under radical Islam.

Turks boycott schools,
protest to demand secular education (The West Australian) Feb 14 - Ankara (AFP) - Secular Turks opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
on Friday boycotted schools and took to the streets to demand a secular
education and denounce a claimed creeping Islamisation of the schools system.

Sunnis may exit Iraq
parliament after sheikh's slaying(Sydney Morning Herald) Feb 15 - Baghdad: The brazen kidnapping and slaying of a Sunni elder and eight
members of his entourage in the Iraqi capital has been met with outrage by
Sunni politicians, deepening sectarian distrust and threatening to tear apart
the country's fragile government.

Also:
#MuslimLivesMatter calls
out media 'hypocrisy' after US murders(Sydney Morning Herald) Feb 12 - New York: Users of social media have accused mainstream news
organisations in the United States of hypocrisy over their initial coverage of
the shooting deaths of three young Muslims, adopting the hashtag
#MuslimLivesMatter to highlight their anger.

At least 19 killed in
attack on Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan (The West Australian) Feb 13 - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed on
Friday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in a gun and bomb attack on a Shi'ite
mosque, the latest sectarian violence to hit the South Asian nation.

Also:
Islamic State magazine
interviews Hayat Boumeddiene (The
Guardian, Australia) Feb 13 - The wife of the French terrorist who killed five people in Paris
following the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has given an interview to an
Islamic State publication, the Islamist group has claimed.

Thousands at US funerals
of Muslim 'hate crime' victims (The
West Australian) Feb 13 - Raleigh (United States) (AFP) - The families of three Muslim students
shot dead by a neighbor in the US said an emotional farewell to their loved
ones Thursday, reiterating calls for the killings to be treated as a hate
crime.

Work on 'Museum of
Bible' under way in US capital (The
West Australian) Feb 13 - Washington (AFP) - Work on a Washington museum dedicated to The Bible
got under way on Thursday with those behind it saying it was a world first that
would even attract non-believers.

The plot to behead on
our streets (Daily Telegraph,
Sydney) Feb 12 - TWO alleged terrorists ­accused of being hours from attempting a
public beheading trained as body builders and boasted that they acted for
“soldiers of Islamic State”.

A 12-year-old bride
found to be pregnant(news.com.au)
Feb 12 - A 12-YEAR-OLD bride was found to be pregnant after the 27-year-old man
she had ­“married” in an Islamic ceremony was charged with child sex offences.